Nuclear Energy

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nuclear power plants are now being developed—quicker and less costly to build, better performing, and even safer than today's plants. These plants will supply our children's and grandchildren's electricity—while helping to protect their environment.
Cheers For Energy Efficiency

We Americans should be proud of ourselves. Since the 1973 oil embargo, we've learned to use energy far more efficiently.

Since 1973, our population has soared from 211 million to more than 258 million, and our economy has grown about 50 percent. Yet our use of energy has grown only 10 percent. That's a major accomplishment.

What's behind this efficiency? For one thing, nuclear electricity.

Since 1973, America's electricity use has increased by 60 percent—slightly more than our Gross Domestic Product. Yet during the same period, the use of non-electric forms of energy fell by 3 percent.

Clearly, electricity has become America's fuel of choice. It's helped us ...

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